We have had a wonderful experience at Cal Elite over the past five years! Both of my children have…read moreparticipated in different programs, and we couldn't be happier with the instructors and the quality of the classes. My kids learned to swim here, and Miss Bridget is truly the best instructor. She is patient, encouraging, knowledgeable, and has helped my children build confidence and strong swimming skills. My 4-year-old son absolutely loves the Ninja class with Coach Max. Coach Max does an amazing job keeping the kids engaged while helping them develop strength, coordination, and confidence. My daughter has also loved her gymnastics classes with Coach Jamie. Coach Jamie is kind, supportive, and makes every class fun while teaching excellent gymnastics fundamentals. Every instructor we have worked with at Cal Elite has been kind, experienced, professional, and genuinely invested in the success of the children they teach. The positive and encouraging environment keeps our kids excited to come back week after week. We highly recommend Cal Elite to any family looking for swim lessons, gymnastics, ninja classes, and other activities for their children!

I am very concerned about this gym. I believe it has grown too large for the management to handle…read moreproperly. Young employees work directly with children in the Sweet Peas class, yet there appears to be no appropriate dress code. I understand wearing gym clothes, but having an employee's buttocks exposed and more while working with young children is completely unacceptable. The gym also recently scheduled construction and canceled classes only one hour before they were supposed to begin. A construction project is normally planned well in advance, so parents should have been notified much earlier. Overall, the lack of proper management and communication is very concerning.

After trying another swim school and not having the best experience, I knew right away this was the…read moreperfect fit for my daughter. From the moment we toured the facility, I felt confident in our decision and even canceled our other swim school trials because I knew this was the place for her. She completed her trial lesson and has now had two lessons, and she absolutely loves it! The facility is always clean, organized, and welcoming. Every employee we've interacted with has been incredibly kind, helpful, and patient. Most importantly, I can already see my daughter gaining confidence and making progress in the water after just two lessons. We couldn't be happier with our experience and highly recommend this swim academy to other families!

They recently changed their policy to require a dad to take their toddler daughter into the male…read morerestroom. We understand the topic is controversial, and chose to end our relationship with them. I will not be taking my daughter into male restrooms and changing rooms. Prior to this policy change we did find the school better than others and appreciated staff; however the manager, Felipe, was disrespectful.

We enrolled our daughter in the Parent & Me swim lessons over June and July, and unfortunately it…read morewas a very disappointing experience. During the course we had three different instructors, all of whom were very young and lacked the confidence and experience to effectively teach the class. Rather than being a true swim lesson, this program is really just a water introduction class. It should be marketed that way so parents know what they're paying for. At roughly $33 per lesson, we expected our daughter to begin learning foundational swimming skills. Instead, most of the class consisted of splashing in the water, singing songs, and doing activities like the hokey pokey. While there's certainly value in helping children become comfortable in the water, that's very different from what most parents think of when they sign up for swim lessons. We ended up skipping the last two classes because it simply wasn't worth our time. We weren't the only ones who felt this way--multiple parents expressed their frustration and even spoke with management after class. I know this facility has an excellent reputation and has produced Olympic swimmers, and the staff was always friendly. However, the Parent & Me program does not live up to that reputation. A friend of mine has had her child enrolled here for over a year and a half, and at age three she still isn't any closer to swimming independently. They've since withdrawn their daughter and enrolled her elsewhere. The facility itself is beautiful, and everyone we interacted with was kind. But for this particular program, I honestly felt like I could have taken my daughter to our community pool for free and had the exact same experience. If you're looking for actual swim instruction for babies or toddlers, I would recommend looking elsewhere. If you're simply looking for a fun water introduction and bonding experience, this class may meet your expectations--but that's how it should be advertised.

The coaches and facility here are great. My kids are at different levels in their swimming journey…read moreand the consistency in the quality of their swim lessons has been amazing. I've noticed an improvement in the technique that helps set them up for swimming success. Their facility is clean, easy to access and nice, even as a parent waiting for the lessons, I highly recommend!

Good stretch, stretching, and exercise activity class. On these warm days....this makes you feel so…read moremuch better!!!

My kids took lessons here over 15 years ago and I loved it. The instructors are amazing and the…read moreattention to the children is great! I'm hoping to get my grandkids to start here soon.

An Amazing Community for Families and Fitness! Joining the…read moreYMCA has been one of the best decisions for our family! From the moment you walk through the doors, you are greeted with warmth. Lisa and Daryl at the front desk are exceptionally kind, and it speaks volumes that they take the time to know me by name, along with so many other members. My three children absolutely love going to the Kid Zone! The teachers are wonderful, incredibly kind, and know each child by name. They always have all sorts of new activities and fun crafts for the kids to do every single day. Knowing my little ones are happy, safe, and well-cared for makes my time at the gym completely stress-free. The workout classes are phenomenal. All of the instructors are super skilled, supportive, and truly take the time to get to know everyone in the class, helping to build a genuine sense of community. Beyond the staff, the members themselves are wonderful--everyone is so kind, constantly greeting each other, and sharing compliments. I would recommend the YMCA to every single person interested in joining a gym, especially families with young kids! It's a welcoming, vibrant community where both parents and children can thrive.

Great facility! The staff is very friendly and helpful. The grounds are lush and green, which isn't…read moresomething you typically see in a gym location. There are a variety of fitness classes, designed for adults of all ages, and a lot of workout works, with new equipment. They have a lot of other benefits for new members, like health and wellness, personal training and nutrition. I'm excited to get my health and fitness journey started at the YMCA of Mission Viejo.

My girls and I LOVE Bahar! She is patient and absolutely wonderful with kids. We love her gentle…read moreand effective teaching skills! Her smile and energy radiates and we always look forward to our lessons! I highly recommend her to all my friends!

We decided to extend our swim lessons with Jenna and we're delighted with my son's progress. He…read morelikes swimming now and isn't afraid of the water. We got to go on a kayak adventure (he was wearing a life jacket) in some pretty choppy seas and he loved it! Thank you for bringing a love of water to our family! Updated: we came back to sunsational for another set of lessons to build by sons swim strength even further. We're loving our time with his new instructor, Bella! She is such a patient, encouraging, and specific swim teacher. She was worked so well with Connor and he's grown so fast. He is now a very strong and confident swimmer who I can feel safe letting him play and have fun in the pool or the ocean. Thanks Bella!

The Exercise Trainer Saeed is the best trainer I've ever worked with .He is a highly recommended…read moretrainer and coach !

Coach Saeed helped me out for my pool party. He made me feel safe and comfortable so i could focus…read moreon my guess and party. Thank you Coach

My child has been part of the Nadadores swim team for a number of years now and I myself have been…read morepart of the Masters program on and off for the same number of years and even before we started my child on the junior team. The experience up until about a year ago had been generally good but given some recent experiences and some of the other comments posted here, I felt compelled to also share so folks interested in joining know what they are singing up for. Volunteering - I don't have a general issue with the idea of volunteering. My issue is with how it's all managed and what is expected because in many cases, it isn't clear and the staff provides little help. Parent volunteers for example have to organize timing events during away meets (BTW - mandatory timing at away events is required above and beyond the hours that all families are also required to already give) and there are no tools or any digital way of managing so it's a literal mess at every meet. If you don't at least check in, even if there are 2-3X the number of parents actually needed, you will get charged - even if you wouldn't have had to time to begin with. I also have an issue with what's expected while timing as the officials are constantly pushing on the timers to manage the swimmers, which is not our jobs as volunteer timers. I can't recall a single scenario where at least one coach from the staff was behind the timers with their teams assisting and managing. I had a scenario at a meet back in December last year where I asked a group of older kids to stop cursing during a meet and on my way out one of their parents confronted me about yelling at their kid. Not cool to put us in a position to have to police other peoples kids. I have raised this numerous times with nothing done about it and you can't just skip timing at away meets or you will get charged. Mandatory Donations - This used to be an annual thing that has now turned into a twice a year thing. I assume this is because there are "seasons" and maybe not everyone swims year-round but for those that do, you are required to donate something like $400 twice a year now. Here's the thing about donating though - when it's mandatory it's no longer called a donation. It's a way to either keep the monthly dues lower on paper than they really are or it's a way to take in revenue with additional tax advantages. Either way, it's a forced $800 a year extra in money you have to come up with and the incentive plans they used to have for the swimmers to raise money continues to be limited in what type of "donation" is counted towards this goal. Parking - There is simply not enough parking for as many swimmers that come in and out every day and especially not when they are hosting an event. As others have commented, forced volunteering puts people in the middle of policing things like the parking lot which isn't fair to those volunteers on really busy meet days. For some reason they also like to maintain regular practice schedules for the non competing teams while hosting major events which is just insanity. We no longer go anywhere near the facility during hosted events as it's not worth the headache. Pool Temp - There has been a lot of talk about the city no longer paying for the heating of the pool so its now being maintained at 73 degrees per USA Swimming regs. This is not what they advertise and certainly not what it has been for the past 5 years. This has become a common complaint now, especially for the more junior swimmers. Practice Schedules - Due to the number of swimmers and teams, the practice schedules are all over the place on a daily basis. Two nights at X time to Y time, one night at X time to Y time, two other nights at some other start and end time. It also changes by season so it becomes an exercise every few months to have to reset our family schedule around swim schedules which we have now stopped doing. We just don't swim as much now as we used to if swimming doesn't fit our schedule - which adds to the annoyance of paying much more now than we used to as we cant really get our moneys worth without having to adjust our schedules all the time. I'm sure there is some attempt at being equitable so that no one team/age group is stuck too early or too late, but this may also be a sign that there are simply too many swimmers - running practices 5 nights a week isn't needed for everyone BTW. Coaching - Some else posted previously about their experience, confidence issues, etc. and I can say for certainty that mine feels the same. 0 confidence right now in the ability to move forward. This is a team that now favors the top 1%. It was a wonderful place for a number of years and even the thought of leaving brings some heartache as the Nadadores has been part of our family on and off for 2 generations now, but this is not the place it used to be. I can only hope that the leadership and board take some time to better understand how many folks really feel and take some action.

Ever since they took over the pool, they've decided it's appropriate to blast their speakers at…read moreridiculous volumes & disturb the neighborhoods surrounding it. My neighbors & I can literally hear the announcers, mostly the guy who thinks he's announcing Olympic swimming, inside our homes with the windows shut & the tv on. They have no consideration for the people that actually live here. They've literally made it difficult for other homeowners to even sell their homes during swim season because no buyers want to live next to so much noise.

Ms. Julie is a phenomenal swim teacher. We sadly had to cancel switch to different lessons that…read morewere covered by our charter school but will always be so grateful for her patience and wisdom in getting our daughter over her fear of the water!

We brought our son here when he was 9 months old and my wife enjoyed the water time with him. Fast…read moreforward to three years old, turning four and they were still in the water together! My biggest three gripes were that we were watching younger kids come into the class and we essentially became the co-trainers. My son was so bored he just goofed off and didn't listen anymore because he could already do everything at that level since he'd been in the same class for over a year. We had asked her and she said she could move him up but she had to find spots in her other classes and she kinda seemed like she preferred the parent staying because it would be less work for her. Which goes to my next gripe that the other families in our time had been with us since the beginning! Yet she was willing to move all of our times, while they were still infants, to their nap time but she couldn't find time to transition them to swim by themselves. Since going, we've had the time changed 4 times all on Saturday. As any parent can attest to, messing around with nap times is a huge PITA. You could make the argument that she was being cautious not letting him swim without his mom because she felt he wasn't ready. However, he had been swimming without my wife for over a year already. We had been going to another swim school because she stated there weren't any slots open and weren't seeing much progress with her. The last complaint I have is that we never got what we paid for. The class started 10 minutes late and ended 5 minutes early. For a 30 minute class that's essentially half the class she spent chatting with the class prior, snacking, or ending it so she could snack. That's very unprofessional and should be something she baked into her schedule versus taking time in the class.

This place is still open. I just signed up for classes. I am so excited and can't wait to learn…read moreto read and use patterns and to sew clothes.

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